SMMC Services Index

SMMC Services

Southern Maine Medical Center (SMMC) is a nationally accredited, award-winning medical center offering excellent clinical care that is compassionate and attentive to each patient‘s individual needs.

SMMC has been recognized as one of the Top 10 Hospitals in the Nation for overall patient satisfaction for 3 years in a row, and Best in the Nation for Outpatient Services four years in a row, as judged by hospital patients in an independent national AVATAR survey. SMMC was also rated among the top 3% of hospitals nationwide for heart attack and heart failure treatment in 2004.

In conjunction with a medical staff of over 200 highly-skilled primary care physicians and specialists, SMMC offers residents and visitors of southern Maine exceptional and convenient emergency and urgent care as well as inpatient care at our 150-bed medical center located just off Exit 32 of I-95 in Biddeford. Additionally, SMMC offers high-quality home nursing care through affiliate SMMC Visiting Nurses, community education and prevention programs, and a full range of outpatient services at our diagnostic and therapy centers in Saco, Kennebunk, and Biddeford. SMMC is JCAHO accredited, state-licensed, affiliated with MaineHealth, and a teaching hospital for University of New England's medical residency program.

SMMC offers a full range of medical, surgical, obstetric, mental health, rehabilitation and educational services to York County, including:

A fully-staffed, 24-hour Emergency Department
A 10-bed Medical/Surgical Special Care Unit
106 Medical/Surgical inpatient beds
A 13-bed inpatient Mental Health Unit and Day Mental Health Treatment Program
A 14-bed Obstetric Unit
A 6-bed Pediatric Unit
A wide range of surgical services
Ambulatory Care for diagnostic procedures, same-day surgery and discharge
Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Cardiopulmonary Service providing complete diagnostic cardiology, pulmonary, non-invasive vascular and neurology testing
Ophthalmic laser surgery
Comprehensive array of health education and prevention programs
24-hour Crisis Intervention Service provided by Counseling Services Inc.
Full-service radiologic, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, computerized tomography (CT) scanning, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and positron emission tomography (PET) scanning
Home Health Care through affiliate SMMC Visiting Nurses
Laboratory Services
Nutrition services (Dieticians)
The Prenatal Clinic
Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech Therapy departments providing inpatient and outpatient rehabilitative care
The Women's Center providing mammography and bone densitometry services
WorkWell Occupational Health Services

The Medical Staff of Southern Maine Medical Center consists of 175 active physicians, plus consulting, courtesy, honorary physicians, and allied health professionals. They represent the specialties of family and general practice; internal medicine; obstetrics and gynecology; including the sub-specialties of cardiology, dermatology, pulmonology, oncology/hematology, neurology, gastroenterology, and allergy/immunology; pediatrics; general surgery; orthopedic surgery; otorhinolaryngology; urology; ophthalmology; oral surgery and general dentistry; psychiatry; pathology; podiatry, anesthesiology, radiology, emergency medicine, and occupational medicine.

In addition, SMMC has an ongoing physician recruitment program, working to attract primary care and specialist physicians to meet the growing needs of the community.

SMMC is accredited, approved, affiliated with and/or certified by:

The Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO)
The Department of Human Services
The Maine Hospital Association
The American Hospital Association
The New England Hospital Assembly
Southern Maine Radiation Therapy Institute
University of Southern Maine (Nursing)
Southern Maine Vocational Technical Institute (Nursing and Respiratory Therapy)
Biddeford Regional Vocational Program (Certified Nursing Assistants)
University of New England (Nursing, Social Work, Physical Therapy)